Feds bust brazen gang that peddled deadly fentanyl in ‘open-air drug market’ at NYC public housing complex

Source: New York Post

A dozen hooligans with lengthy rap sheets terrorized an East Harlem NYCHA complex for three years, brazenly hawking deadly drugs such as fentanyl and the even-more-powerful nitazene in plain view, federal authorities alleged Wednesday. The feds busted the open-air drug market in the James Weldon Johnson Houses, arresting eight of the alleged pushers — part of a broader effort by the Manhattan US Attorney’s Office to target crime in city housing projects. “The conduct of this 12-man crew created an environment of fear for many of the Johnson House residents,” said Jay Clayton, the US Attorney for the Southern District of New York, in a news conference hours after the busts.